Southern Downs
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral District of Southern Downs 2017
StateQueensland
Dates current2001–present
MPJames Lister
PartyLiberal National
NamesakeDarling Downs
Electors36,029 (2020)
Area30,951 km2 (11,950.2 sq mi)
DemographicRegional
Coordinates28°20′S 150°42′E / 28.333°S 150.700°E / -28.333; 150.700
Electorates around Southern Downs:
Warrego Condamine Lockyer
Warrego Southern Downs Scenic Rim
New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales
Electoral map of Southern Downs 2008

Southern Downs is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in 2001 as a replacement for Warwick.[1]

The district takes in the southern parts of the Darling Downs region along the New South Wales border. It includes the major towns of Warwick, Stanthorpe, and Goondiwindi and extends westward almost to St George. It includes several smaller communities such as:

Darling Downs has traditionally been a conservative area, and Southern Downs is no exception. It has been a comfortably safe seat for the Liberal National Party and its predecessor, the National Party for its entire existence. Predecessor seat Warwick had been in the hands of a non-Labor party since 1947.

The seat's first member, Lawrence Springborg, transferred from Warwick in 2001. He served as the last leader of the Queensland branch of the National Party for a few months in 2008, having previously served in that post from 2003 to 2006. He served as the first leader of the LNP from 2008 to 009, and served as leader again from 2015 to 2016. He also served as a minister in the Newman government.

Members for Southern Downs

Member Party Term
  Lawrence Springborg National 2001–2008
  Liberal National 2008–2017
  James Lister Liberal National 2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Southern Downs
2020 Queensland state election: Southern Downs[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National James Lister 16,285 51.60 +10.39
Labor Joel Richters 8,198 25.98 +9.09
One Nation Rosemary Moulden 3,182 10.08 −10.30
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Malcolm Richardson 1,398 4.43 +4.43
Greens Tom Henderson 1,309 4.15 −0.17
Legalise Cannabis Deborah Waldron 1,189 3.77 +3.77
Total formal votes 31,561 97.66 +1.32
Informal votes 756 2.34 −1.32
Turnout 32,317 89.70 −0.80
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National James Lister 20,229 64.09 −4.00
Labor Joel Richters 11,332 35.91 +4.00
Liberal National hold Swing −4.00
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Primary vote results in Southern Downs (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)
  National/Liberal National
  Labor
  One Nation
  Katter's Australian
  Greens
  Family First
  Independent
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Southern Downs

References

  1. ^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
  2. ^ 2020 State General Election – Southern Downs – District Summary, ECQ.
  3. ^ https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/qld/2020/guide/sdow

External links

Electoral districts of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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